Strong's dime caricatures. No. 2, Little Bo-Peep and her foolish sheep – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Strong's dime caricatures. No. 2, Little Bo-Peep and her foolish sheep, preserved in this antique engraving. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Strong's dime caricatures. No. 2, Little Bo-Peep and her foolish sheep
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Little Bo-Peep and her foolish sheep is the second in Thomas W. Strong's series of dime caricatures, and it turns the nursery rhyme into a commentary on the secession crisis of 1861. The catalog record names James Buchanan and Andrew Jackson among its subjects, along with an eagle and the states of Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Virginia. Buchanan was still president when Strong issued the print, and Jackson's 1832 fight with South Carolina over nullification was the obvious precedent. The wood engraving is attributed to John H. Goater, and the dime price made such sheets easy for ordinary New Yorkers to buy.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Published by Thomas W. Strong, 1861. |
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| Medium | 1 print : wood-engraving with letterpress, on wove paper ; 28.8 x 36.5 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Political cartoons 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Drawn by John H. Goater? Entered . . . by T.W. Strong . . . New York. Published by Thomas W. Strong, 98 Nassau St. N.Y. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 126-127. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1861-10. |
| Subjects | Buchanan, James,--1791-1868. Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845. Criticism--1860-1870. Eagles--1860-1870. Secession--Georgia--1860-1870. Secession--Louisiana--1860-1870. Secession--South Carolina--1860-1870. Alabama--1860-1870. Kansas--1860-1870. Mississippi--1860-1870. Virginia--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,056 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109638 |
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